Would you buy a house that was a murder scene?

Some friends of ours are renting a beautiful huge house in another town, (I won't say where). When we first came to visit, they said something about a scandalous murder, etc of the previous owner, but they did not know the details.

So, one day I looked it up in some newspaper archives. Guy, in debt, comes in to his mothers house, kills her, then kills his brother and the brothers girlfriend. Hoping I guess to inherit the money from his moms estate??? Yeah, that always works out well. Anyway, the article was quite creepy, with the prosecuter talking about the blood pattern on the fax machine, etc. I have kept all this information to myself and never told them. I kind of got the feeling that if they knew too much about it, it would sort of erode away some of the joy that they had, being able to live in such a beautiful house. So when I go to visit or stay overnight, I do think about it, but can't say that it bothers me, cause uh, I don't believe in ghosts. But, it is just kind of creeepy all round. I would live there though without needing too much persuasion.

Exactly. We're living in a country in which a lot of things are built on the ashes of Jews, forced slave labour and immoral profiteering.

Buy it. Yep. It's a no-brainer (unless that's on the walls in which case insist on 40%).
Some people, not just women, might be squeamish but do they see dead people? Some women, like your missus, are indeed well hard (love that) like my gran who stayed in her home another 3 decades despite her husband hanging himself. Guess it depends how much media footage there was/how quickly you need to sell. But 30% rebate in a recession? Gotta be worth a punt, or a Poltergeist...

MunichMom, how fascinating! I hope you keep us posted on what is found or not found.

I agree with many others - probably go for the buy unless it was a truly terrible murder... But some animal or person will have died on ever square inch of this earth at some point or other, so that can't bother you really.

See, for me there is a difference. I have bought two houses in the past as "probates". Dunno if the owners actually died in either, but both were old people. But not fussed about that. It's the murder thing that ratchets things up a little mentally for me.

Not that I believe for one second in ghosts or an afterlife, it is more the reminder that someone recently met a grisly end yards from where you are sleeping.

There's no such thing as a 'paranormal expert'. They're a bunch of idiots who pick up scientific instruments without knowing how to use them or what physical phenomena cause what readings on the damn things. They'll look at a room in infrared and say "look, there's a cold spot here! There must be some kind of 'presence' in the room." No, you shitwad, you're standing in front of a window.

All together now...

Apologies for delay in posting - just back from a fun 10 days walking up and down mountains.

So - for the gore-curious amongst you - here's the skinny.

Seems that the murder was a crime of passion: Wifey is secretly banging Hubby's Mate, Hubby finds out during drunken evening with Mate and Wifey, fisticuffs ensue, Wifey intervenes and brains Hubby with a blunt instrument. Wifey and lover sent down for many moons. We think we saw the blood splatters on the kitchen carpet (yes - carpet).

The house was - and I hesitate to use this word - amazing. A total time capsule since the day of the murder (three years ago). Still had Police tape on the back door. An almost unbelievable amount of clutter - from model soldiers to miniature porcelain flower arrangements to military memorabilia (antique swords and the like). EVERY room was full of this sort of crap - seriously - every room.

However, good value tho' it certainly is, we won't be buying as it needs at least €100k work to be done, and although that would probably be a good investment over the medium term, we can't be arsed with the bother.

So now you know.

K

Thanks for the update Kuzzer...

OMG - carpet in the kitchen - god only knows what possesses someone to do that!

If there were all sorts of swords in the house, why this:

Beer/wine/champagne bottle?

Seems logical since, as we were told: